Back in the days of the Vikings people would erect runestones (runsten in Swedish) to remember. Sometimes these stones were erected to honor a fallen kinsman. Sometimes they were erected just to tell a story. Sometimes they were erected to remember a significant event.
After the troll post back in the fall, Aunt Margaret suggested we make our own trolls and leave them in the forest. We thought that was a great idea. To complete it, it only seemed appropriate to create a family runestone to remember our time here in Sweden. We are coming down to T minus 7 weeks and counting for our departure back to the States. Hard to believe. Needless to say we are starting what feels like a bit of a good-bye waltz.
On our runsten are several things we have done together as a family while here. It's also covered with symbols for certain things. Some of it is personal but I will say there is a symbol for everybody in the Fendrich family, for Orion and the moon - the black Swedish winter sky. The moon also doubles as one of mormor's pancakes. :) I don't know if anyone will remember our family being here but I think our stone is more so we will remember.If you want to learn more about runestones click on 'familjen runsten' above or click here for more pictures on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/runsten/
1 comment:
That's so cool...it will be something for Jake and Sam to look for when they go back to visit...a great memorial. Maybe they could show me if I ever get over.
I don't remember making the suggestion but I sure remember liking the post and want to do it myself.
the stone looks neat.
Margaret
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